Director Ema Ryan Yamazaki joins the Changing Directions podcast series to
talk about her documentary Koshien: Japan's Field of Dreams. Yamazaki hits a home run with this highly entertaining documentary
about the annual high school baseball tournament that is considered to be the
biggest sporting even in Japan.
Sunday, March 28, 2021
Friday, March 26, 2021
Nobody - Movie Review
The Movie: Nobody
The Director: Ilya Naishuller
The Cast: Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, RZA, Alexey Serebryakov, Christopher Lloyd
The Story: A bystander who intervenes to help a woman being harassed by a group of men becomes the target of a vengeful drug lord.
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Bob Odenkirk
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Christopher Lloyd
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Colin Salmon
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Connie Nielsen
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Michael Ironside
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RZA
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
See You Then - Movie Review
The Movie: See You Then
The Director: Mari Walker
The Cast: Pooya Mohseni, Lynn Chen, Nican Robinson, Danny Jacobs
The Story: A decade after abruptly breaking up with Naomi, Kris invites her to a dinner to catch-up on their complicated lives, relationships, and Kris' transition. Over the course of their one night encounter, they engage in a series of increasingly intimate and vulnerable conversations, before a shocking secret is revealed.
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2021 Movie Reviews
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Lynn Chen
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Tim Chiou
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Will Madden
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Cosmoball - Movie Review
The Movie: Cosmoball
The Director: Dzhanik Fayziev
The Cast: Evgeniy Mironov, Evgeniy Romantsov, Viktoriya Agalakova, Maria Lisovaya, Ivan Ivanovich
The Story: An enormous spaceship hovers over Earth-this is a stadium, which hosts sports events that resemble soccer but at mind-boggling speeds. The name of the game is cosmoball.
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2021 Movie Reviews
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Svetlana Ivanova
Sunday, March 21, 2021
Changing Directions Podcast Series: Sabrina Doyle - Director of Lorelei
Director Sabrina Doyle joins the Changing Directions podcast series to talk
about Lorelei, her award winning debut feature film. Lorelei is one of those movies that sneaks up
on you with emotionally powerful performances and a relatable story that
steers far away from any type of Hollywood story telling or fairy tale
endings.
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Podcast
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Reel Love 2021
Friday, March 19, 2021
The Courier (2021) - Movie Review
The Movie: The Courier
The Director: Dominic Cooke
The Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley
The Story: A true-life spy thriller, the story of an unassuming British businessman Greville Wynne recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history.
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Nomadland - Movie Review
The Movie: Nomadland
The Director: ChloƩ Zhao
The Cast: Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May, Swankie
The Story: Follows a woman in her sixties who, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
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2020 Movie Reviews
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David Strathairn
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Frances McDormand
Monday, March 15, 2021
Changing Directions Podcast Series: Mallorie Ortega - Director of The Girl Who Left Home
Director Mallorie Ortega joins the Changing Directions podcast series to talk
about her debut film, The Girl Who Left Home. Mallorie's debut feature film is filled with promise and entertaining performances. Job well done all the way around.
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SAAFF 2021
Cosmic Sin - Movie Review
The Movie: Cosmic Sin
The Director: Edward Drake
The Cast: Frank Grillo, Bruce Willis, Brandon Thomas Lee, Corey Large, Perrey Reeves, CJ Perry, Lochlyn Munro, Costas Mandylor, Adelaide Kane
The Story: Seven rogue soldiers launch a preemptive strike against a newly discovered alien civilization in the hopes of ending an interstellar war before it starts.
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2021 Movie Reviews
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Adelaide Kane
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Bruce Willis
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Christian Hicks
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Corey Large
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Frank Grillo
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Lochlyn Munro
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Underplayed: Documentary Review
The Documentary: Underplayed
The Director: Stacey Lee
The Story: Filmed over the summer festival season, Underplayed presents a portrait of the current status of the gender, ethnic, and sexuality equality issues in dance music.
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2021 Movie Reviews
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Documentary
The Devil Below - Movie Review
The Movie: The Devil Below
The Director: Bradley Parker
The Cast: Alicia Sanz, Adan Canto, Zach Avery, Chinaza Uche, Jesse Latourette, with Jonathan Sadowski, Will Patton
The Story: There is an abandoned place nestled deep in Appalachian country where underground coal mines have been ablaze for decades. When a team of researchers try to find out how the fires started, they soon discover something more startling than the mystery that sent them there: they’re not alone.
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Alicia Sanz
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Will Patton
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Zach Avery
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Changing Directions Podcast Series: Larissa Lam and Baldwin Chiu - Far East Deep South
Director Larissa Lam and Producer Baldwin Chiu join the Changing Directions
podcast series to talk about their documentary, Far East Deep South.
The documentary is heart wrenching because of the generations of history the
Chiu family has lost and it is also filled with hope because of how much of
that history has been recovered for future generations to learn from and
appreciate.
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SAAFF 2021
Monday, March 8, 2021
The Girl Who Left Home - SAAFF 2021 Movie Review
The Movie: The Girl Who Left Home
The Director: Mallorie Ortega
The Cast: Haven Everly, Emy Coligado, Paolo Montalban, Lora Nicolas, Liz Casasola, Russwin Francisco, Mitch Poulos
The Story: A musical dramedy about a Filpino-American female who must put her dreams aside to keep her family restaurant from eviction.
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2021 Movie Reviews
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SAAFF 2021
Raya and the Last Dragon - Movie Review
The Movie: Raya and the Last Dragon
The Directors: Don Hall and Carlos LĆ³pez Estrada
The Co-Directors: Paul Briggs and John Ripa
The Cast: Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina, Gemma Chan, Daniel Dae Kim, Sandra Oh, Benedict Wong, Izaac Wang, Thalia Tran, Alan Tudyk, Lucille Soong, Patti Harrison and Ross Butler
The Story: In a realm known as Kumandra, a re-imagined Earth inhabited by an ancient civilization, a warrior named Raya is determined to find the last dragon.
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2021 Movie Reviews
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Alan Tudyk
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Awkwafina
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Benedict Wong
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Gemma Chan
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Jona Xiao
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Kelly Marie Tran
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Sandra Oh
Far East Deep South - 2021 SAAFF Documentary Review
The Documentary: Far East Deep South
The Director: Larissa Lam
The Story: When a Chinese-American family travels from California to
Mississippi to visit the grave of their ancestors, they stumble upon
surprising revelations.
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Documentary
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SAAFF 2021
Sunday, March 7, 2021
Changing Directions Podcast Series: Chelsea Christer - Director of Bleeding Audio
Director Chelsea Christer joins the Changing Directions podcast series to talk
about her documentary, Bleeding Audio. Bleeding Audio is an
inspiring documentary and an intriguing look into the realities of being in a
band, dealing with the music business, and learning some valuable life lessons
along the way.
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Podcast
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Slamdance 2021
Thursday, March 4, 2021
Chaos Walking - Movie review
The Movie: Chaos Walking
The Director: Doug Liman
The Cast: Daisy Ridley, Tom Holland, Mads Mikkelsen, DemiƔn Bichir, Cynthia Erivo, Nick Jonas, Kurt Sutter, David Oyelowo
The Story: A dystopian world where there are no women and all living creatures can hear each other's thoughts in a stream of images, words, and sounds called Noise.
And Then - 2021 SAAFF Short Film Review
The Short Film: And Then
The Director: Jenn Ravenna Tran
The Cast: Erika Ishii, Rina Hoshino
The Story: A short film about two women who meet and grow closer to each other through insomnia, exploring a new city, and art.
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Erika Ishii
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Rina Hoshino
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SAAFF 2021
Pixie (2021) - Movie Review
The Movie: Pixie
The Director: Barnaby Thompson
The Cast: Olivia Cooke, Ben Hardy, Daryl McCormack, Colm Meaney, Alec Baldwin
The Story: On a path to avenge her mother’s death, Pixie Hardy attempts a heist that will give her the means to leave her small town life behind. When the plan goes horribly wrong she’s forced to team up with a pair of misfits who are clearly in over their heads.
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Alec Baldwin
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Ben Hardy
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Colm Meaney
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Fra Fee
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Olivia Cooke
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Boogie - Movie Review
The Movie: Boogie
The Director: Eddie Huang
The Cast: Taylor Takahashi, Pamelyn Chee, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Taylour Paige, Perry Yung, Mike Moh, Domenick Lombardozzi
The Story: Coming-of-age story of Alfred "Boogie" Chin, a basketball phenom living in Queens, New York, who dreams of one day playing in the NBA. While his parents pressure him to focus on earning a scholarship to an elite college, Boogie must find a way to navigate a new girlfriend, high school, on-court rivals and the burden of expectation.
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
TwoOhSix Picks - 2021 Seattle Asian American Film Festival
The
Seattle Asian American Film Festival
is back for another year although this time with a virtual setup that will
allow people within certain geo locked regions to enjoy the festival from the
comfort of their own homes. The festival will begin on Thursday March 4th with
an Opening Night program and will conclude on Sunday March 14th. Below you
will find the six films, five features and one short, that I have selected as
this year's TwoOhSix Picks.
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SAAFF 2021
Monday, March 1, 2021
The Vigil - Movie Review
The Movie: The Vigil
The Director: Keith Thomas
The Cast: Dave Davis, Malky Goldman, Menashe Lustig, Lynn Cohen
The Story: A man providing overnight watch to a deceased member of his former Orthodox Jewish community finds himself opposite a malevolent entity, in writer-director Keith Thomas' electrifying feature debut.
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2021 Movie Reviews
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Dave Davis
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Fred Melamed
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Lynn Cohen
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